Department of Health restates guidance on preparation of infant formula: January 2013

The Chief Medical Officer and Director for Public Health Nursing in England have written to
health professionals to restate existing guidance on preparing infant formula following some recent public debate about
preparing formula at a temperature below 70°C.
"We would like to reiterate that the position of the Department of Health and the Food Standards Agency is, that it is best practice to make up infant feeds
by reconstituting formula powder using water at a temperature of 70°C or above.
This guidance is in line with World Health Organization recommendations and aims to ensure
that the potential microbiological risks associated with these products are kept to a minimum."

How do I give my baby a bottle? (pdf, 25 KB)
A stand-alone page taken from the UNICEF-UK BFI booklet “A guide to infant formula
for parents who are bottle feeding “ below, as the principles apply equally
to mothers giving their expressed breast milk by bottle.

Guide for health workers (pdf, 261 KB)
A guide for health workers to working within the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. UNICEF-UK-BFI accessed March 2014.

The resources on the right are some of those regularly used by those helping women who are thinking about how they will feed their baby or are feeding their baby with formula milk, either exclusively or
in combination with breastfeeding. They are collected here for ease of access.